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Bug#1107983: linux-image-6.12.32-amd64 missing /lib/modules directory

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Thanks for the reply Salvatore,

My system is now running uname -r 6.12.32-amd64 without issues...

When the update first installed and i rebooted - my system hung and i 
got an error related to what I had sent you - I am not the most 
technical when it comes to these specific issues so I had used ChatGPT 
to try and and resolve the issue, as i was able to select 6.12.31-amd64 
(which was option 3) from the grub menu and boot back into my system 
after the initial error.

I have Nvidia Driver Version: 550.163.01 and CUDA Version: 12.4 
installed on my system and there were also some errors related to this 
below the initial 6.12.32 error i reported but I think these were cause 
by the kernel error my system was showing - however, after some faffing 
about, reinstalling nvidia drivers and running further updates it seem 
my system did indeed update to 6.12.32-amd64 as needed and is now 
running fine.

I had asked ChatGPT if I should report this to the Debian team as I 
wanted to try and help and it gave me a template response which I sent you.

If anything like this should ever happen again, I will make sure I 
gather/save any logs and or screen shots if possible - as I would like 
to help you guys in any small way that I can, as I am very impressed 
with Trixie and want to use this as my daily driver going forward...

So if you have any suggestions or recommendations on what I should do if 
I ever need to log any issues with you guys in the future (which I doubt 
as your software tends to be excellent) then please let me know or send 
me a link to any useful info as ChatGPT can give less than perfect info 
on this.

Thanks and Best Regards,

Mark


On Thu, 19 Jun 2025 08:21:22 +0200 Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote:

 > Control: reassign -1 src:linux 6.12.32-1
 > Control: tags -1 + moreinfo unreproducible
 >
 > Hi Mark,
 >
 > On Wed, Jun 18, 2025 at 02:02:25PM +0100, Mark wrote:
 > > Package: linux-image-6.12.32-amd64
 > > Version: 6.12.32-1
 > > Severity: normal
 > > X-Debbugs-Cc: markasmith101@gmail.com
 > >
 > > Dear Maintainer,
 > >
 > > *** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where 
appropriate ***
 > >
 > > * What led up to the situation?
 > >
 > > * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
 > > ineffective)?
 > > * What was the outcome of this action?
 > > * What outcome did you expect instead?
 > >
 > > Package: linux-image-6.12.32-amd64
 > > Version: 6.12.32-1
 > >
 > > After installing linux-image-6.12.32-amd64 on Debian testing 
(Trixie), the kernel boots fine but the /lib/modules/6.12.32 directory 
is missing.
 > >
 > > This causes update-initramfs and DKMS to fail for this kernel, as 
no modules are present.
 > >
 > > linux-image-6.12.31-amd64 works correctly.
 > >
 > > Steps to reproduce:
 > > 1. Install linux-image-6.12.32-amd64 via apt
 > > 2. Run update-initramfs -u -k 6.12.32
 > > 3. Observe missing /lib/modules/6.12.32
 > >
 > > Please check if the build is incomplete or if a dependency is missing.
 >
 > The modules are correctly in the Debian package, can you thus please
 > provide the full apt and dpkg logs from your upgrade to the 6.12.32
 > kernel please?
 >
 > (note that in above you have two commands you got the update-initramfs
 > call wrong (btw, it is done automatically on package installation), it
 > should be
 >
 > update-initramfs -u -k 6.12.32-amd64
 >
 > and the module directory is not /lib/modules/6.12.32 but
 > /lib/modules/6.12.32-amd64.
 >
 > Regards,
 > Salvatore
 >
 >

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Bug#1107983: linux-image-6.12.32-amd64 missing /lib/modules directory Mark <markasmith101@gmail.com> - 2025-06-18 15:10 +0200
  Bug#1107983: linux-image-6.12.32-amd64 missing /lib/modules directory Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org> - 2025-06-19 08:30 +0200
  Processed: Re: Bug#1107983: linux-image-6.12.32-amd64 missing  /lib/modules directory "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2025-06-19 08:30 +0200
  Bug#1107983: linux-image-6.12.32-amd64 missing /lib/modules directory Mark Smith <markasmith101@gmail.com> - 2025-06-20 13:00 +0200
  Bug#1107983: marked as done (linux-image-6.12.32-amd64 missing  /lib/modules directory) "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2025-06-25 11:30 +0200

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